History YMMV / AwkwardZombie

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/disregard-that This strip]], which ended up serving as the Page Image for {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}, sees Katie struggling with the fact that Marth's personality in the comic is so different to [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia how he is in the games]]. Seven years on ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' gives us Leo, who [[MemeticMutation famously]] ''looks'' like Their Marth, but whose personality is more in line with Our Marth.

* NightmareFuel: The "Gut Reaction" strip depicts what Guts Man's weapon should logically be: a stream of literal human internal organs.

** For several years, [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] had [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match only appeared in a single comic]] and only had one line of dialogue in said comic, but [[CrossesTheLineTwice the sheer hilarity of the punchline]] makes him hard to forget.

-->''Stop reading my comics, mom and dad.''

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rules-of-engagement This strip]] features the Pokémon trainer defeating Lysandre's Pyroar by sending out all six Pokémon at once, using Lysandre's genocidal intention as justification to breaking the rules. About two years later in ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon XYZ]]'', [[spoiler:this is how the climatic battle between Ash and Lysandre went, albeit 7 Pokémon (with Alain aiding Ash) against 2. Lysandre's Pyroar even went out the same way thanks to a combination of different attacks from Ash's Pokémon at the same time.]]
** Wild Ditto being disguised as other wild Pokémon, only being revealed when captured, was the plot of a [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/what-a-catch post from 2010]].

* MemeticBadass: [[http://twitter.com/jefftiedrich Katie's dad]], if the forumites are to be believed.

** "Eat your hamburgers, Apollo."[[labelnote:Explanation]]The punchline to [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/culture-schlock "Culture Schlock"]], which pokes fun at the English localization of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series and its attempts at hiding the Japanese setting. The line-- said by Phoenix in reference to sushi-- quickly became a catch-all phrase among fans of the comic and ''Ace Attorney'' series to poke fun at perceived flaws in a CulturalTranslation.[[/labelnote]]

** The final panel of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part1 this strip]] has Chrom wondering why Robin set Nowi up as a wyvern knight (or as Chrom said "Why is our dragon riding a different dragon?"), which became funnier in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', which has a wyvern-riding character [[spoiler:(Seteth)]] whose true identity is [[spoiler:Saint Cichol]]; in other words, a dragon who ''canonically'' rides another dragon.
** The 700th strip is this once you realize that Katie drew it ''before'' Sephiroth even got announced for ''Smash''. It also becomes this post-publication after [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Pyra/Mythra]] were revealed to be the next DLC character after Sephiroth.

** The 700th strip is this once you realize that Katie drew it ''before'' Sephiroth even got announced for ''Smash''.

** The 700th strip is this once you realize that Katie drew it ''before'' Sepiroth even got announced for ''Smash''.

** [[https://www.awkwardzombie.com/awkward-zombie/brothers-in-arms This]] comic hangs a lampshade on the rather...[[NotBloodSiblings iffy]] relationships one can form in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''. Corrin seems to think this way, too; she [[TakeAThirdOptions goes off to join a monastery]] rather than marry ''either'' of her brothers.

* {{Squick}}: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/exposure Played for laughs in this comic.]]

* BrokenBase: The aforementioned ''Metal Gear'' comics. While Katie makes it so every other week isn't from the series (except for multi-part ones), many people have gotten sick of the massive amount of them after they started at the end of October in 2015. However, some people don't mind, either due to being big enough fans of the series or having a higher tolerance of its over-representation.

** For several years, [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] has [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match only appeared in a single comic]] and only had one line of dialogue in said comic, but [[CrossesTheLineTwice the sheer hilarity of the punchline]] makes him hard to forget.

** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] has [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match only ever appeared in a single comic]] and only has one line of dialogue, but [[CrossesTheLineTwice the sheer hilarity of the punchline]] makes him hard to forget.

** Pretty much any strip about Roy not being allowed to return to Smash is this now that Roy has been revealed to be making his triumphant return as DLC in the fourth game.

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/rules-of-engagement This strip]] features the Pokémon trainer defeating Lysandre's Pyroar by sending out all six Pokémon at once, using Lysandre's genocidal intention as justification to breaking the rules. About two years later in ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon XYZ]]'', [[spoiler: this is how the climatic battle between Ash and Lysandre went, albeit 7 Pokémon (with Alain aiding Ash) against 2. Lysandre's Pyroar even went out the same way thanks to a combination of different attacks from Ash's Pokémon at the same time.]]

** The final panel of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part1 this strip]] has Chrom wondering why Robin set Nowi up as a wyvern knight (or as Chrom said "Why is our dragon riding a different dragon?") became funnier in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' with a wyvern-riding character [[spoiler:(Seteth)]] whose true identity is [[spoiler: Saint Cichol]]; in other words, a dragon who ''canonically'' rides another dragon.

** The final panel of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/classy-part1 this strip]] has Chrom wondering why Robin let Nowi as a wyvern knight (or as Chrom said "Why is our dragon riding a different dragon?") became funnier in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' with Seteth (a wyvern lord)'s true identity being [[spoiler: Saint Cichol]].

** "''One'' time!" [[labelnote:Explanation]][[ http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/grudge-match "Grudge Match"]] became much more popular after Ridley finally joined the roster in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. The aforementioned punchline is frequently used whenever somebody brings up how he killed Samus' parents.[[/labelnote]]

** A story arc where [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=102008 Roy comes back]] went on for six strips, which, after the one week break after part four, was ''seven weeks'' in real life.
** On [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=102615 October 26 of 2015]], Katie published a comic on ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', in which the author's note stated "I hope you're excited for six months of nothing but comics about METAL GEARRRRR". Following that comic, at least one comic out of every two for the next ''two years'' was on ''Metal Gear Solid''. Katie herself lampshades the long stretch of ''Metal Gear'' in the [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=120417 December, 4th 2017 author's note]]:

** The best way to follow up [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=122214 burning someone alive]]? [[MoodWhiplash Confetti!]]
** Samus refuses to let Ridley in ''Smash'' because he killed her parents. [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=092214 Ridley's defense]]? He only killed her parents "one time!"
** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=012317 Venom using a riot gun]] to tranquilize a ''zebra'' is funny enough, but Katie's justification?

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=031813 Corpse explosion.]]
* HilariousInHindsight:
** In the [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=2&fnum=3 "Porcum Iacio"]] short (based on ''Series/MythBusters''), Katie shows the gang attempting to build a cannon made out of [[DuctTapeForEverything duct tape]] ([[AbnormalAmmo to fire a pig]]). While they didn't fire any pigs, guess what the ''Series/MythBusters'' later built on their show?
** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-121707.php This strip]] [[IKnewIt turns out to be spot on]] in ''Investigations''. [[http://www.gamespot.com/misc/presentations/ace-attorney/index.html?popup=1 See for yourself]]. This one is actually hinted at in the 5th case of the first game, where you can visit Edgeworth's office and examine everything within... including a Steel Samurai figure.

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=120913 This strip]] was made before an ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' game (directed by Shu Takumi, creator of the franchise) was announced to take place during Meiji-era Japan, making it eerily prophetic, if not hilarious.
** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=052608 This comic]] contains Marth and Wolf fighting on a ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''-themed stage. Although Wolf wasn't playable in ''Smash 4'', a ''Super Mario Galaxy'' stage [[https://www.ssbwiki.com/Mario_Galaxy is present in the Wii U version]]. This stage also returned in ''Ultimate'', and so did a playable Wolf.
** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=111008 This comic]] claims that no one may come back to ''Smash'' after leaving the roster - except for at least two Links, Dr. Mario, and Mewtwo. Years later, the fourth game features the return of Dr. Mario and Mewtwo after their absence from ''Brawl''. Even better, ''Ultimate'' includes both Toon Link and Young Link, who were previously thought to be mutually-exclusive characters. And Marth's line "Nobody actually left, did they?" is a lot more accurate now that [[TagLine Everyone is Here]].

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=032910 This cartoon]], which is the page image to the PopularityPolynomial page, predicts the ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' phenomenon six years in advance.
** [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=022414 This strip]] features the Pokémon trainer defeating Lysandre's Pyroar by sending out all six Pokémon at once, using Lysandre's genocidal intention as justification to breaking the rules. About two years later in ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokemon XYZ]]'', [[spoiler: this is how the climatic battle between Ash and Lysandre went, albeit 7 Pokémon (with Alain aiding Ash) against 2. Lysandre's Pyroar even went out the same way thanks to a combination of different attacks from Ash's Pokémon at the same time.]]
** Wild Ditto being disguised as other wild Pokémon, only being revealed when captured, was the plot of a [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=092710 post from 2010]].
** [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=030909 This strip]], which ended up serving as the Page Image for {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}, sees Katie struggling with the fact that Marth's personality in the comic is so different to [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia how he is in the games]]. Seven years on ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' gives us Leo, who [[MemeticMutation famously]] ''looks'' like Their Marth, but whose personality is more in line with Our Marth.
** One of the earliest comics poked fun at the FridgeLogic of [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=022607 why rock-eating Gorons needed a mine]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Ten years later, come ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', it turns out the comic was RightForTheWrongReasons, as Gorons actually ''don't'' like the taste of gemstones and [[WorthlessYellowRocks trade them to other cultures as a by-product, instead.]]
** [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=092214 This strip from 2014]] reasoning that [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] wasn't made playable throughout the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series because of his [[KnightOfCerebus much darker and vile nature]] (plus a [[YouKilledMyFather more personal grudge]] from Samus) in comparison to other Nintendo villains (barring Ganondorf) becomes a lot more hilarious now that in ''Ultimate'', not only is Ridley part of the roster, he's just as dark and sadistic as in his home series.

** The final panel of [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=060313 this strip]] has Chrom wondering why Robin let Nowi as a wyvern knight (or as Chrom said "Why is our dragon riding a different dragon?") became funnier in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' with Seteth (a wyvern lord)'s true identity being [[spoiler: Saint Cichol]].
* MemeticBadass: [[http://twitter.com/jefftiedrich Katie's dad]], if the forumites are to be believed.

** "''One'' time!" [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=092214 "Grudge Match"]] became much more popular after Ridley finally joined the roster in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''. The aforementioned punchline is frequently used whenever somebody brings up how he killed Samus' parents.[[/labelnote]]
* OneSceneWonder:
** [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] has [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=092214 only ever appeared in a single comic]] and only has one line of dialogue, but [[CrossesTheLineTwice the sheer hilarity of the punchline]] makes him hard to forget.
** Technically, by now he's a Two Scene Wonder, but for the longest time Katie's dad qualified as this due to [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=081307 his unusual method of trying to find out where policemen get gasoline.]]

** [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=021808 Health Class]]. Better make sure you're getting your Vitamin C!
** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=043018 Anyone could be a Ditto. Even your closest loved ones.]]

* {{Squick}}: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=022508 Played for laughs in this comic.]]

** Believe it or not, [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=031912 Situational Gravity]] is a minor one. Anyone who's played Skyrim knows how unforgiving the physics are, and that poor Khajit just looks ''so'' depressed in the final panel...
** Poor unloved, unwanted [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=061514 Zubat]]. [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=062314 And when it finally finds a trainer who seems to love it]], [[YankTheDogsChain the poor guy gets stuffed in the PC.]]
* UncannyValley: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=101314 Used for funny effect here.]]
** And [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=061812 here.]]

* ViewerGenderConfusion: If her name weren't Katie more people would probably mistake her AuthorAvatar for a guy, it doesn't help that she almost always wears the [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/pokes3.png male protagonists' outfits in her Pokemon strips.]] Anyone who was still confused for some reason finally got the answer shoved in their faces with the Kickstarter video, which shows her in person. [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=072114 Her new haircut]] doesn't help either.
* {{Wangst}}: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=060109 Poor Their!Marth.]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation The other Marth's]] wangst is [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=102008 even funnier.]]

** On [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=102615 October 26 of 2015]], Katie published a comic on ''Metal Gear Solid 3'', in which the author's note stated "I hope you're excited for six months of nothing but comics about METAL GEARRRRR". Following that comic, at least one comic out of every two for the next ''two years'' was on Metal Gear Solid. Katie herself lampshades the long stretch of Metal Gear in the [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=120417 December, 4th 2017 author's note]]:
--> '''Katie:''' I hope everyone who likes the games enjoyed METAL YEAR, even if it was actually two years. [[AuthorAppeal This goofy series means a lot to me, apparently]]. And to everyone who doesn't care about them at all: [[BrokenBase SORRY, YOU CAN COME BACK NOW]]
* BrokenBase: The aforementioned Metal Gear comics. While Katie makes it so every other week isn't from the series (except for multi-part ones), many people have gotten sick of the massive amount of them after they started at the end of October in 2015. However, some people don't mind, either due to being big enough fans of the series or having a higher tolerance of its over-representation.

** [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-121707.php This strip]] [[IKnewIt turns out to be spot on]] in Investigations. [[http://www.gamespot.com/misc/presentations/ace-attorney/index.html?popup=1 See for yourself]]. This one is actually hinted at in the 5th case of the first game, where you can visit Edgeworth's office and examine everything within... including a Steel Samurai figure.

** In the comic's [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=a4d6eee790d758b5059f4a6a242edc16 forums]], there are a number of Awkward Zombie comics that have turned into memes that people like to edit into the latest comic. These include the impossible-to-catch Entei (often accompanied by someone shouting "ARGRARJGHH DARGHRAUGH"), Nowi's AgeInappropriateDress, [[OffModel long-neck]] Caesar, and bread. It has gotten to the point where people are making meta edits about these popular edits (for example, [[http://i.imgur.com/TAte7fW.png these]] [[http://i.imgur.com/oxaJUZi.jpg?1 ones]]).

* CreatorBacklash: [[http://www.awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=120808 Katie doesn't seem to have enjoyed creating the "The One Where Roy Comes Back" arc.]]
-->'''''IT'S OVERRR'''''\\
''Yeah meh I wasn't diggin' that. The problem with doing a multi-part comic when you update as scarcely as I do is that it takes more than a month to pump out five comics, so once I get tired of it I still have to deal for four weeks and I don't really like the sound of that anymore! And I am not so good with making things worth the wait! But I guess it was an experiment.\\
An experiment with ''dire consequences.

** One of the earliest comics poked fun at the FridgeLogic of [[http://awkwardzombie.com/index.php?page=0&comic=022607 why rock-eating Gorons needed a mine]] in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Ten years later, come ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', it turns out the comic was spot-on, though the reason for mining is commercial, rather than culinary.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: [[ButtMonkey Roy]]. He often comes across as crass and rude, and most of the Smash Bros. contestants either barely remember him or [[TheFriendNobodyLikes barely tolerate his antics]]. Despite this, he's one of the more popular characters in the comics, and is often cited as one of the main reasons they wanted Roy to come back into ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash]]'' at all.
** Crosses into FridgeBrilliance for ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' fans. Roy is something of a TierInducedScrappy, as his stats make him one of the worst lords in the entire franchise.